Policy Analysis

June 5, 2020
The international protests over George Floyd’s murder have cast into stark relief the need to change America’s policing system and rethink its role in communities. We propose a human security approach as a complement and necessary prerequisite to any system of justice. Law enforcement must also be trained to uphold the values of human security: care for the social fabric they are supposed to protect, interdependence between the city and communal stakeholders, and freedom from fear of injustice.

March 27, 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 is shining a light on the limitations of the US economy and healthcare system, which need massive improvement to handle a crisis of this magnitude. It has also spurred behind the scenes efforts by the White House and law enforcement agencies to expand their judicial and surveillance authority. These attempts set a dangerous precedent, as they seek to monitor our locations and access private information while effectively foregoing the passing of necessary progressive legislation.

March 26, 2020
MPAC’s summary, analysis and tracking on all relevant Coronavirus legislation. We hope this will highlight the important work being done in the public interest, as well as keep you abreast of the impending changes to vital government programs.

November 26, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would not consider that “establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank … [is] inconsistent with international law.” In fact, the exact opposite is true; the US is violating both international and humanitarian law by supporting Israel’s settlements in the West Bank.

November 1, 2019
This Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee held the second of a series of hearings on global terrorism entitled “Global Terrorism: Threats to the Homeland, Part II.” This hearing comes on the heels of several important developments over the past few months.

October 10, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) unveiling of a Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence at an event co-hosted by the Heritage Foundation and the Brookings Institution marks a significant step forward in combatting the threat of white supremacist violence. It's important, however, that white supremacy is treated as a transnational threat as its impact has been felt around the world. Read our analysis in this week's DC News and Views.

September 11, 2019
On the 18th anniversary of September 11, 2001, we honor the nearly 3,000 individuals who lost their lives in the attacks, as well as those first responders. In our 18 years of work since, we have worked alongside other policy and public advocacy organizations to combat the media representation of terrorist violence, and have also worked to counter government surveillance policies. Today, we’re looking back on what has worked and what needs to improve moving forward.

August 30, 2019
Organizations with hardline religious ideologies are stacking the courts and state legislatures under the guise of religious freedom. It’s time for all underrepresented communities to recognize the strategies these groups are employing to drive policies and legal rulings hostile to American Muslim and other marginalized communities.

August 14, 2019
In their statement immediately after the El Paso and Dayton shootings, the White House recycled familiar tropes. The El Paso shooter’s actions follow directly from the politicians who use social divisions to instigate bigotry and hate. Their hateful rhetoric and incitement has continued to feed the cancer of white supremacist ideology. Enough is enough.

July 31, 2019
“When Islam Is Not A Religion,” is a piercing look at the current landscape of religious liberty. Asma Uddin looks at case law and the dreaded culture wars to present the current state-of-play. Most importantly, she highlights how American Muslims can engage in the fight to protect their religious liberty.